# Hot

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## [Le niveau de confiance apparaît ici en chinois sur Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-appears-in-chinese-here-on-meta/188303)

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**Author:** [@Hector](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hector)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-appears-in-chinese-here-on-meta/188303 "2021-04-28T00:14:31Z")

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Por alguna razón, al navegar por meta.discourse.org sin haber iniciado sesión, el nivel de confianza en los perfiles aparece en chino.

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## [Access User Fields for custom components](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-user-fields-for-custom-components/188305)

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**Author:** [@bguan2020](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bguan2020)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-user-fields-for-custom-components/188305 "2021-04-27T22:03:55Z")

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I’m using a custom header component to add external links on the header. I also have a user field that is a link to their profile on a separate website(each users’ profile link is unique). Is there any way I can access t…

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## [How to clear S3 endpoint when moving from GCP bucket to AWS s3?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-clear-s3-endpoint-when-moving-from-gcp-bucket-to-aws-s3/188308)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-clear-s3-endpoint-when-moving-from-gcp-bucket-to-aws-s3/188308 "2021-04-27T22:14:40Z")

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I’ve got a site with S3 buckets on GCP, so it has an endpoint set. That endpoint is in the sitesettings in the database somehow, so including DISCOURSE\_S3\_ENDPOINT: "" in the ENV does . . . nothing. Rather than clearing …

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## [Number of anonymous users per week](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-anonymous-users-per-week/188316)

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**Author:** [@Dawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dawn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-anonymous-users-per-week/188316 "2021-04-28T00:18:34Z")

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Would Data Explorer be able to help me find the number of anonymous users by week?

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## [SMTP Password not working anymore](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-password-not-working-anymore/188347)

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**Author:** [@microfx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/microfx)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-password-not-working-anymore/188347 "2021-04-28T16:31:39Z")

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Hey! Sadly I had to reconfigure my SMTP password – I have changed it in app.yml /logs says Job exception: 535 Refused. Authentication failed. Rate limit hit or SMTP disabled. Just tried to find my old app.yml – but I …

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## [Meta.discourse.org/docs sidebar filter doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-discourse-org-docs-sidebar-filter-doesnt-work/188350)

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**Author:** [@tpetrov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpetrov)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-discourse-org-docs-sidebar-filter-doesnt-work/188350 "2021-04-29T14:37:23Z")

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Not sure if it’s just me, But when I try to use the filters here Documentation - Discourse Meta Nothing happens.

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## [Automated backup location](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-backup-location/188358)

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**Author:** [@tdudgeon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tdudgeon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-backup-location/188358 "2021-04-28T14:56:09Z")

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I’ve set the automated backups to occur every day and to use local storage. Where will these backups get put? I don’t see them listed in the Admin/Backup panel, but I do see backups there that I manually create there an…

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## [How to delete a pdf file that has been uploaded?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-a-pdf-file-that-has-been-uploaded/188363)

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**Author:** [@Jeremie\_Leroy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeremie_Leroy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-a-pdf-file-that-has-been-uploaded/188363 "2021-04-29T14:25:04Z")

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Hi All, I have some users that want to delete the pdf file they uploaded, example : https://francais-a-londres.org/uploads/short-url/1dx79wZ3ptghDS0kLWr6kL49Rl.pdf It is a cv and there is a privacy breach since they do…

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## [Events system could use some love for long term events](https://meta.discourse.org/t/events-system-could-use-some-love-for-long-term-events/188364)

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**Author:** [@Jim\_Starkweather](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jim_Starkweather)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/events-system-could-use-some-love-for-long-term-events/188364 "2021-04-28T14:53:04Z")

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I realize this is a unique situation, but my site holds long term (up to a year) group builds and while I will use the event system for these it does make for a very interesting view in the “upcoming events” area. T…

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## [Some ideas about groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-ideas-about-groups/188385)

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**Author:** [@ufukayyildiz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ufukayyildiz)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-ideas-about-groups/188385 "2021-04-28T20:06:03Z")

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Hi, Below features can be nice? Approve feature for groups. Admin or moderators approve a joining request for a group. Auto notification after added to a group by admin. Integration between costum fields and gr…

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## [How can I stop Discourse from altering my Forum's design?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-stop-discourse-from-altering-my-forums-design/188399)

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**Author:** [@rodypl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rodypl)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-stop-discourse-from-altering-my-forums-design/188399 "2021-04-29T12:28:06Z")

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I made a thread about this a few weeks ago, but now I can’t find it. I don’t know if an Admin deleted it or what. Either way, my problem still stands: The design of my Forum keeps changing every week or so, and I would l…

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## [Reply count on blog comments off by one](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-count-on-blog-comments-off-by-one/188402)

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**Author:** [@jericson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jericson)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-count-on-blog-comments-off-by-one/188402 "2021-08-27T04:22:28Z")

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I recently set up a Discourse instance to host blog comments. When someone posts the first comment, the embedded comment shows “2 Replies”. Before you ask, it’s not because the initial post is counted as a reply. That wa…

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## [Problem with Backblaze for backup- Failed to list backups from S3: Signature validation failed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-backblaze-for-backup-failed-to-list-backups-from-s3-signature-validation-failed/188431)

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**Author:** [@JulianR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JulianR)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-backblaze-for-backup-failed-to-list-backups-from-s3-signature-validation-failed/188431 "2021-04-29T20:00:16Z")

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Hi- trying to set up a backblaze bucket for backup use only. Followed: REQ: Support S3 backup to a service like Backblaze - #4 by frold And referenced the linked post “using-object-storage-for-uploads-s3-clones”. In a…

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## [Migrating bespoke functionality to Discourse (Writing critique)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-bespoke-functionality-to-discourse-writing-critique/188437)

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**Author:** [@stuwest](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stuwest)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-bespoke-functionality-to-discourse-writing-critique/188437 "2021-05-01T17:45:31Z")

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This is a question about how much it’s possible to customize Discourse functionality, and how big a job it’s likely to be. I’m on the tech team for an organization of professional science fiction writers, largely based …

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## [Discourse sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sidebar/188452)

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**Author:** [@hamamiz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hamamiz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sidebar/188452 "2021-04-28T22:20:49Z")

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Hi team - was wondering if there is a way to add a sidebar with the top topics (highest number of replies maybe). thanks for the help!

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## [Render modal for user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-modal-for-user/188456)

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**Author:** [@NaH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NaH)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-modal-for-user/188456 "2021-04-28T22:38:53Z")

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Hello! I tried to customize for myself the discourse-patreon plugin. This plugin renders prompt about donation after “topic-above-footer-buttons” for some conditions: https://github.com/discourse/discourse-patreon/blob…

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## [Remove or change Message link in profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-or-change-message-link-in-profile/188466)

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**Author:** [@bguan2020](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bguan2020)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-or-change-message-link-in-profile/188466 "2021-04-28T23:54:12Z")

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I want to users to private message on my platform and not use discourses’. Is there a way to remove/change the “Message” button found in user profile cards as well as user profile pages? see screenshots.

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## [How to Generate Facebook Page Posts for New Discourse Posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-generate-facebook-page-posts-for-new-discourse-posts/188477)

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**Author:** [@Integromat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Integromat)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-generate-facebook-page-posts-for-new-discourse-posts/188477 "2022-05-30T10:01:26Z")

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If you’re still sharing your Discourse posts on a Facebook page manually, we know how tedious this process can be, especially if you have multiple posts in Discourse that you want to share on social media. Integromat pro…

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## [How can I authorize latest.rss and new.rss for API access on a private forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-authorize-latest-rss-and-new-rss-for-api-access-on-a-private-forum/188480)

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**Author:** [@JoeD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JoeD)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-authorize-latest-rss-and-new-rss-for-api-access-on-a-private-forum/188480 "2023-06-27T17:14:32Z")

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I’ve created a Discourse user for read-only api access that a Discord bot will use to grab latest.rss or new.rss and auto-post a list of topics on the Discord. I’ve been able to create the API key, trying both “read” an…

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## [Odd rollover behavior: math plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-rollover-behavior-math-plugin/188490)

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**Author:** [@ChrisLombardi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisLombardi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-rollover-behavior-math-plugin/188490 "2021-04-30T22:10:05Z")

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When rolling over inline math, a magnified pop-up of the math appears. The text in this popup is very faint, like it has some sort of filter on it. When you roll over a block of math (enclosed in double dollar signs), yo…

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## [Everyone receives all notifications (even PMs) due to Babble plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/everyone-receives-all-notifications-even-pms-due-to-babble-plugin/188496)

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**Author:** [@codexia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codexia)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/everyone-receives-all-notifications-even-pms-due-to-babble-plugin/188496 "2021-04-29T10:07:53Z")

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Hello all! Last night after upgrading to 2.7.0beta7 (7568c7a101) from test-passed, we have encountered an situation where everyone registered on our forum will receive all notifications on every like/reply/comment. The n…

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## [Migrating from telligent to discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-telligent-to-discourse/188513)

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**Author:** [@Nareshh\_Raja](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nareshh_Raja)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2021, 5:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-telligent-to-discourse/188513 "2021-04-30T05:20:19Z")

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In our website we used Telligent as forums. Now we are planning to migrate forums from Telligent to Discourse. In Telligent we are having around 4500 topics to migrate. We know the permalinks feature in discourse. But it…

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## [Discourse is taking \`theme-color\` from \`header background\`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-taking-theme-color-from-header-background/188518)

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**Author:** [@CODEBULBS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CODEBULBS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-taking-theme-color-from-header-background/188518 "2022-09-22T23:54:40Z")

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After installing my forum from the browser as pwa I noticed that my header background color and theme-color(\<meta name="theme-color" content="#21313c"\>) are same. I tried a lot to change this but unable to do so. Please…

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## [Problems with oauth2-basic-support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-oauth2-basic-support/188520)

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**Author:** [@wayyt\_cc3090](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wayyt_cc3090)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-oauth2-basic-support/188520 "2023-06-16T10:49:17Z")

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This is my configuration In logs， obviously，I got my access\_token successful。 but something went wrong。 here is error info (oauth2\_basic) Authentication failure! invalid\_credentials: OAuth2::Error, {"access\_t…

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## [Unable to add/select a tag on Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-add-select-a-tag-on-meta/188539)

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**Author:** [@Heddson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heddson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-add-select-a-tag-on-meta/188539 "2021-04-29T16:14:01Z")

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I’m unable to add/select a tag when I’m writing a new topic here on Meta. Is this a bug or something specific on Meta due to my trust level? My trust level is Basic user and I have the Light theme (here on Meta). It wor…

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## [Invite throws 422 for existing but expired invites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-throws-422-for-existing-but-expired-invites/188541)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-throws-422-for-existing-but-expired-invites/188541 "2021-05-12T20:40:50Z")

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When trying to invite a user, we frequently see 422 Unprocessable Entity. The code checks for existing invites for that email address and throws an error when it finds one. However it seems to ignore if such an invite h…

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## [Changing s3 bucket for uploads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-s3-bucket-for-uploads/188553)

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**Author:** [@Jite](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jite)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-s3-bucket-for-uploads/188553 "2021-05-11T20:49:26Z")

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Hi there! We are migrating all our uploads/images between two different s3 compatible services (both are digital ocean spaces if it matters) and I have decided that we are stuck in a quite bad state. I’ll start with ex…

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## [Redirect to specific URL per product](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-to-specific-url-per-product/188561)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-to-specific-url-per-product/188561 "2021-04-29T14:45:51Z")

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I’m looking at this again, as I’m getting closer to having a product. 3 people who aren’t me have used my plugin to install Discourse! It’s very unsatisfying to make the purchase and then be left at a cold list of purch…

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## [Is the generated local docker image secure to be hosted publicly?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-generated-local-docker-image-secure-to-be-hosted-publicly/188562)

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**Author:** [@rui1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rui1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-generated-local-docker-image-secure-to-be-hosted-publicly/188562 "2021-04-29T14:56:47Z")

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I noticed during docker setup, it will generate an image local\_discourse/app, just wonder is that safe to be hosted publicly? Or will that contain secret information? Are all the secrets stored on disk and not in the ima…

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## [2.7.0.beta8: Share Topic Modal Improvements, Searchable User Fields, Pause Animated Images, and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-7-0-beta8-share-topic-modal-improvements-searchable-user-fields-pause-animated-images-and-more/188564)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-7-0-beta8-share-topic-modal-improvements-searchable-user-fields-pause-animated-images-and-more/188564 "2021-04-29T17:39:50Z")

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New features in 2.7.0.beta8 :warning: Rebuild required. The rebuild will update package versions to latest, and must be completed if the site has not be been rebuilt from the command line in the last few days. Share t…

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